Acute toxicity effects of prunus avium fruit extract and selection of optimum dose against radiation exposure

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-309

  Sisodia, Rashmi ^a   Sharma, K V ^a   Singh, Smita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Optimum dose; Prunus avium; Radiation

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; PRUNUS EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; PRUNUS AVIUM; ROSACEAE;

EID: 77149139511     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnvironPatholToxicolOncol.v28.i4.50     Document Type: Article

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